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0 J. D. GOXWELL.

HAY'PRBSS.

No. 005,080. Patented June '7, 1808.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. ooxwnLL,l or AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AssIGNoR To 'HERRETT IANTHA ooxwELL, or 'SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,080, dated June 7, 1898. Application filed January 24, 1598. Serial No. 667,794. (No model.)

To ,all whom it may concern: i

Be itknown that I, JOHN D. COXWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, havev invented certain -new and useful Improvements in, Horse-Power 'Hay- Presses; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventiomsuchas'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

My invention relates to improvements in hay-presses, and more particularly to that class lemployin g a horsefpower sweep to efect the compression; and the object isto provide a simple, inexpensive, and eective machine for this purpose.

To this end the invention consists in the.

construction, combination, and arrangement of the device, as Willbe hereinafter more.

fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawings show 'my i n. vention in thebest form now known to me; but many changes in the details might be made within the skillf of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claim at theend of this specification.

The same reference-numerals indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is atop plan view of my improved hay-press. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isalongitudinal section through the follower-rod.

1 denotes the press-box, 2 the followerblock, and 3 the follower-rod, which is preferably rectangularin cross-section, andfl` de# notes a correspondingly-formed sleeve, which encompasses the free end of said rod so as to slide freely thereon, a stout spiral spring 5 being interposed between the end of the rod and the head 6 of the sleeve. The head of the sleeve isl formed with two ,parallel jaws 7 7, in whichis .journaled a vertical frictionroller 8. 9denotes'aflxedguide-frameprovided with.

vertical parallel gui'delrollers 10'10,"one'of which is journaledon each side of the follower-'rodand with a third horizontal roller 12, whichlforms'a rolling-support for the forward endof the rod when injoperation. 13 represents alateral socket on the sleeve to receive a set-screw 14, so that the sleeve maybe fixed Vto thefollower-rod when desired.

15denotes a-retractile spring for withdrawing the follower-rod from the box.

16 denotes a cam-faced lever fulcrumed in the frame 9, and it may be used to grip the rod 3 to retain the follower in the box while the bale is being tied.

17 represents a vertical shaft journaled in the rectangular frame 1-8, and to its upper end is fixed in' any suitable manner the oppositely-arranged cam-faced arms 19 20, which alternately bear-against the roller 8 and force the follower-block inwardly against the ao-V tion of the spring 15, which retracts it.

21 denotes the sweep to which the horses areattaohed, the sweep traveling in the direction Vof the arrows, the camfaced arms making two movements of the follower to one revolution of the sweep.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

the'sleeve 4 formed with socket 13 and the setscrew.14,.the roller 8 journaled in the front endof said sleeve, the spring 5 interposed-between the head of the sleeve and the end ,'of. the follower-rod and the retractile ,spring-,15, extending from the frame 9 to the follower-rod 3, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OI-IN D. COXWEL'L'. Witnesses:

' A. B. ORUMP,

E; A. SIBLSL, 

